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OverviewMarianne Moore said that the poet's job was to depict 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them'. In truth, gardens are always imaginary because they are always the garden that you are aiming for rather than the garden you have, but the toads are real and immediate.' So says Germaine Greer in this wonderful anthology. This collection of poems, culled from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century, includes perennial favourites such as Marvell's 'The Garden' and Frost's 'After Apple-picking' and Roethke's famous greenhouse lyrics, as well as surprises like Tennyson's anti-botanical 'Amphion' and Fleur Adcock's 'Emblem' on the mating of slugs, not to mention small masterpieces like Philip Larkin's 'Cut Grass' and Phoebe Hesketh's 'Death of a Gardener'. Poems for Gardeners can be read along with the seed catalogues in the dead of winter, or in the gaps between tasks on a busy day in spring, or between snoozes in the hammock in the deep midsummer. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Germaine GreerPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group Imprint: Virago Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9780349018720ISBN 10: 0349018723 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 03 October 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationGermaine Greer is a writer, academic, critic and public intellectual. She has written over 20 books and is widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of our time. Her bestselling titles include The Female Eunuch and The Whole Woman. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |